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Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pts. 1-39 (except for Pt. 7 and ss. 662-669), 45-47 extended (12.5.2011) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1265), art. 5(1), Sch. 1 para. 2
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Pt. 13 Ch. 4 heading inserted (3.8.2009) by The Companies (Shareholders' Rights) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/1632), reg. 15(5) (with application as stated in reg. 1(2))
(1)A notice calling an annual general meeting of a public company [F3or a private company that is a traded company] must state that the meeting is an annual general meeting.
(2)An annual general meeting [F4of a public company that is not a traded company] may be called by shorter notice than that required by section 307(2) or by the company's articles (as the case may be), if all the members entitled to attend and vote at the meeting agree to the shorter notice.
[F5(3)Where a notice calling an annual general meeting of a traded company is given more than 6 weeks before the meeting, the notice must include—
(a)if the company is a public company, a statement of the right under section 338 to require the company to give notice of a resolution to be moved at the meeting, and
(b)whether or not the company is a public company, a statement of the right under section 338A to require the company to include a matter in the business to be dealt with at the meeting.]
Textual Amendments
F2Words in s. 337 section heading inserted (3.8.2009) by The Companies (Shareholders' Rights) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/1632), reg. 16(5) (with application as stated in reg. 1(2))
F3Words in s. 337(1) inserted (3.8.2009) by The Companies (Shareholders' Rights) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/1632), reg. 16(2) (with application as stated in reg. 1(2))
F4Words in s. 337(2) inserted (3.8.2009) by The Companies (Shareholders' Rights) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/1632), reg. 16(3) (with application as stated in reg. 1(2))
F5S. 337(3) inserted (3.8.2009) by The Companies (Shareholders' Rights) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/1632), reg. 16(4) (with application as stated in reg. 1(2))
Commencement Information
I1S. 337 wholly in force at 1.10.2007; s. 337 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 1300; s. 337 in force at 1.10.2007 by S.I. 2007/2194, art. 2(1)(f) (with saving in art. 12 and subject to transitional adaptations specified in Sch. 1)